1 in 3 divorce?
I refer to the Department of Statistics’ Statistics on Marriages and Divorces 2013, released on 28 July. The total divorces for 2013 was 7,525. Since…
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38.9% who died age 69 and lower?
Our CPF Insider, ES, alerted us to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority’s (ICA) Report on Registration of Births and Deaths 2013.http://www.ica.gov.sg/data/resources/docs/Media%20Releases/SDB/Annual%20RBD%20Report_2013.pdf 38.9% who died age…
Parliamentary quorum: 91 MPs dwindled to less than 22 MPs
theonlinecitizen July 17, 2014 Parliamentary quorum: 91 MPs dwindled to less than 22 MPs By S Y Lee and Leong Sze Hian We refer to the…
Parliamentary quorum: 91 MPs dwindled to less than 22 MPs?
We refer to the Clerk of Parliament’s reply “Lack of quorum: Clerk of Parliament replies” (Straits Times Forum, Jul 17) to Mr Leong Kok Seng’s letter…
“150th” Press Freedom reporting vs the “real” statistics?
We refer to the article “Better job prospects for ex-offenders” (Straits Times, Jul 14). Ex-offenders’s job prospects improving? It states that “Former prison inmates are…
My best and worst investments?
A reader who follows my monthly investing articles made a rather unusual request. He asked if I could write about my best and worse investments…
In conversation with Roy Ngerng
After yesterday’s CPF protest at Speakers’ Corner, the thought came that perhaps I should do an interview with Roy Ngerng. Roy, Q. You took on…
CPF graffiti culprit got counselling, help?
We refer to the article “CPF graffiti culprit jailed 4 weeks” (Straits Times, Jun 24). Homeless since 2003? It states that “he had been picking…
Fiction: Roy Ngerng seeks due process?
“The former patient coordinator at the Communicable Disease Centre of Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), Roy Ngerng, who was summarily dismissed by the hospital on 10…
Update: The curious case of the ‘demolished’ P.O. box
12 June, 2014 Update: I received a call from SingPost asking me to provide copies of my bank statements for the last few years showing…